ATG 78: Master the art of your craft - My conversation with comedian, Dustin Nickerson

All It Takes Is A Goal

Jon Acuff

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🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Anyone who has decided to turn their hobby or passion into a career eventually comes to the the realization that what they love doing isn’t just about having fun anymore. That means you have to learn how to excel at it and monetize it, or as Dustin Nickerson would say, “Everyone likes to drive the car, but somebody has to work on it, right?”

Dustin is an author, podcaster, and professional comedian who performs in over 300 shows a year. He’s appeared on Comedy Central, Hulu, Fox, and Netflix alongside Kevin Hart. Dustin joins me for a hilarious conversation about honing your craft, doing the parts of the job that no one likes, the struggles of social media algorithms, and so much more! For more from Dustin, check out his debut book How to Be Married (to Melissa): A Hilarious Guide to a Happier, One-of-a-Kind Marriage.

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Buy a copy of Dustin’s new book: How to be Married (to Melissa)
Listen to Dustin and Melissa’s Podcast

Dustin Nickerson's Book (and Comedian) List:
Books 1-4:
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Comedians:
Michael Longfellow
Michelle Wolf
Brian Simpson
John Mulaney

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to the All It Takes The Gold Podcast.
0:06.9	The best place in the entire world, including all of Canada, to learn how to build new thoughts,
0:12.0	new actions and new results.
0:14.0	I'm your host John A. Cup and today I'm joined by Dustin Nickerson, who's that?
0:29.3	I'm so glad that you asked.
0:31.8	Dustin Nickerson is a comedian who has performed in over 300 shows a year.
0:36.1	That's what his average is.
0:37.1	300 shows a year.
0:38.1	That's a ton of shows.
0:39.1	His videos have been viewed over 20 million times and he has appeared on Comedy Central,
0:43.0	Hulu, Fox, and Netflix alongside Kevin Hart.
0:46.8	His debut book, How to Be Married to Melissa, just came out.
0:50.0	He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Melissa, which makes sense as the title of
0:54.0	the book, for over 17 years.
0:56.4	And together they host the popular Don't Make Me Come Back to Their Podcast, in between
1:00.3	raising their three children.
1:02.2	They live in San Diego, California and we're actually friends.
1:05.7	Don't you love when that happens when your friends are hilarious?
1:08.7	Well, Dustin is my friend and he's hilarious.
1:11.4	Jenny and I went and saw him when he came here to Nashville.
1:14.4	He played a sold out show.
1:16.0	His first major sold out show at Zaini's here in Nashville.
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